New development in the food arena in the household. Today we finished planting the first (of the many many planned) bed in our conversion of the back garden to a productive plant only garden. The theory behind this is two-fold. Firstly to get our children interested in where food comes from and hopefully by extension interested in eating it. Secondly to try and do a little towards reducing our foot print on the planet (okay, okay it's a lot cliched but what the heck).
The theory is I'll take a photo every day (well every day it's possible) and document the inputs and the outputs of the garden.
Soil was purchased from Rye Sand and Soil (no website, checkout the whitepages) for $64 for 0.75 of sifted topsoil, 0.5 of mushroom mulch and delivery.
Makings of frame was purchased from Bunnings for about $140, and consists of 6 * 2.4m lengths of redwood, 16 * 100mm galvanised wood screws.
Garden implements: Wheelbarrow $49.95 (bunnings), shovel $20 (bunnings too).
"chemicals" purchased from bunnings: Seasol $12 for 2 litres, Chook poo $12
Seeds and seed potatoes were purchased from bunnings, total cost $22
The seeds planted today: kipfler potatoes , sebago potatoes, brown onions, shallots and carrots.
Running total time invested: 9 hours (6 hours barrowing soil up a 1:8 hill, 1 hour planting, 2 hours making frame)
Running total cost: $319.95
Running total vegetables harvested: nil
Day One Photograph:
